Assurance Associate, Technology Risk Assurance – Fall 2026 (Los Angeles)

BDO USA • Los Angeles, CA

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About The Position

As an Assurance Associate, Technology Risk Assurance, you will use your educational background and organizational skills to serve the firm’s clients. You will assist with problem-solving and fact-finding alongside experienced team members who provide direction, coaching, and learning opportunities. During fieldwork, you will learn about clients’ IT environments by interviewing client personnel and performing IT general controls risk assessments, including testing new-hire and terminated-user controls, user-access controls, and program-change controls. You will work with engagement teams to develop recommendations that help clients improve their controls environments and to develop audit strategies in response to control findings. After your first year, opportunities are available to train and mentor interns and incoming associates. Travel may be required. Salary ranges vary by location; the California range is $85,000–$90,000.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Information Systems, or Information Technology.
• Actively pursuing or committed to completing one or more relevant certification exams, such as CISA, CISSP, CPA, CITP, or CIA.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong analytical and basic research skills.
• Solid organizational skills, particularly the ability to meet project deadlines with attention to detail.
• Ability to multitask successfully while working independently or within a group.
• Ability to work in a deadline-driven environment and handle multiple projects simultaneously.
• Basic knowledge of internal controls.
• Ability to travel as necessary.

Nice To Haves

• Prior internship or work-study experience involving information systems and operational auditing.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite.
• Exposure to various industry ERP applications.

Responsibilities

• Assist with audit engagements, including risk assessments of companies’ IT environments, such as access administration, program change management, operations, and logical access security.
• Provide management leaders with suggestions for improving client internal controls and procedures.
• Maintain relationships with key client personnel and speak with them to understand IT and business operations, processes, and functions.
• Assist the core financial audit team in identifying control issues, analyzing their potential audit impacts, and developing compensating controls and substantive audit strategies.
• Document completed work by preparing workpapers.
• Help engagement teams apply tools and data analytics to improve audit effectiveness and efficiency.
• Perform other duties as required.
• After the first year as an Associate, train and mentor interns and incoming associates when opportunities are available.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level